Ramana and activity and gurus

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To this Ramana Maharshi's response was:

 

" He who instructs an ardent seeker to do this or that is not a true master. The

seeker is already afflicted by his activities and wants peace and rest. In other

words, he wants cessation of his activities. Instead of that he is told to do

something in addition to, or in place of, his other activities. Can that be a

help to the seeker?

 

Activity is creation; activity is the destruction of one's inherent happiness.

If activity be advocated the adviser is not a master but the killer. Either the

Creator (Brahma) or Death (Yama) may be said to have come in the guise of such a

master. He cannot liberate the aspirant but strengthens his fetters. (Talks with

Sri Ramana Maharshi, talk no. 601.) "